The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-05-14
USEFUL INFORMATION.

To Relieve a Choking Horse.-A correspondent
gives the following treatment for relieving horse
when choked Take the horse from the stable for
fear that he might strike you with his feet.
Stand squarely in front of him, and take firm
hold on his ears with both hands, place one foot
in the hollow of his breast not high enough to in
terfere with his wind. This should be done quite
cautiously, and when you are ready, pull sudden
ly with the hands, and push with the foot. You
will be surprised at the result. The water on
which he choked must 60 one way or the other.
This treatment will not hurt the horse, andEthe
beauty of it is you can apply the remedy atsany
time without delay.
A Refining Co,o.-The presence of any thor
oughbred COW in herd, says the American Dairy
man, has a most remarkable effect upon the owner.
She is the first one he concerns himself about
when the herd is looked up. She gets all the pet
ting and the extra bits of grass. The wife sets
that cows milk separate to use in the family, and
when the COW has a new calf everybody goes out
to look at it. Such COW has a refining influence
in the family, and every farmer should have one
in his herd.
Stumbling Horses.-Some horses are addicted
to stumbling while walking or moving in slow
trot says the StockmGn. well-versed veterina-
rian states that there two causes that would
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weakness in the muscular system, such as would
of the exterior muscles of the leg, brought about
by carrying too much weight on the toe. To effect
a cure, he adds, tighten the weight of each front
shoe about four ounces have the toe of the shoe
made of steel instead of 'front.' will wear longer;
have it rounded off the same as it would be when
one third worn out, in order to prevent tripping;
allow one weeks rest; have the legs showered for
few minutes at time with cold water through
hose, in order to create spray; then rub dry
briskly from the chest down to the foot. Give
walking exercise daily this week for about
hour, twice day. When you commence driving
again omit the slow together walk or send him
along at a sharp trot for mile or two, then walk
again. but do not speed for at least several weeks
By this means the habit of stumbling from either
of the above causes will be pretty we'll overcome.
The Mischief Done By BLdcksmiths.-One of the
great causes of lameness in horses is bad black
smith work. nail in horses foot does lot of
mischief, and Coleman's Rural World tells you
what you ought to do when you discover that the
horse is suffering When the horse-shoer pricks
the foot with a clean nail, which is at once with
drawn and the hole filled with few drops of tur-
| pentine, the chances are that no harm will come
of it. But if nothing is done and the horse goes
| lame and lamer before the shoe is taken OFF and
the nail drawn, the probability is that the wound
will fester The thing to do is, after removing
the shoe, to cut the na-hoe out, following 1t ex
| actly until it bleeds freely. Then syringe sop
it out with carboc-acid water, and fill the open
| ing loosely with pledget of lint or oakum. Re-
new the treatment daily, and do not replace the
shoe until suppuration ceases. If the horse picks
| up a nail on the road, the treatment should be
similar. The nail being blunter and often dirty,
the wound is usually worse one and the sensi-
tive parts bruised, so that suppuratiOn follows.
In case the bone is pierced and the pus is abun-
dant and offensive, veterinary surgeon should be
consulted, but meanwhile inject carbolic acid sew
eral times day. If several days intervene be-
| tween the time when the nail is picked up, and
when it is discovered, the same treatment is fol-
| lowed, but if pus sack is found, out of which
the matter squirts care must be taken to make the
| opening large enough to clear it all out, and be
sure that carboc acid touches every part.